An Indian girl of eight is believed to have become the
world's youngest person to ever be divorced after leaving her
14-year-old husband.Fatima Mangre was married off at the age of four by her father Anil in Nakhi village, in the Shravasti district of India's northern state of Uttar Pradesh in an arranged marriage with 10-year-old Arjun Bakridi but the marriage was annulled four years later when the boy came to collect his bride and her father Anil said he realised it was wrong to force her to marry at such a young age of four.
He asid he wanted to wait till she was 18 before leaving.
He said: 'I finally realised that this practice of marrying off daughters so young was wrong and that she should have a childhood, and that it was my duty to provide that.'
According to report, Arjun's father Dipak was unhappy with the decision, and an argument broke out which resulted in Anil filing for divorce.
